J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ullswater, Looking South towards the Head of the Lake 1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ullswater, Looking South towards the Head of the Lake’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 53 Recto:
Ullswater, Looking South towards the Head of the Lake 1797
D01041
Turner Bequest XXXV 39
Pencil on white wove paper, 274 x 370 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Do’ (i.e. ditto) bottom right
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXXV 39’ bottom left, descending vertically
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the page turned horizontally, this view was taken a short distance farther down the lake (that is, to the north) from the last, on folio 52 recto (D01040; Turner Bequest XXXV 38), still close to Stybarrow Crag.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram; inscribed by A.J. Finberg in pencil ‘141.39’.

Andrew Wilton
August 2010

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Ullswater, Looking South towards the Head of the Lake 1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-ullswater-looking-south-towards-the-head-of-the-lake-r1150217, accessed 26 April 2024.